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Lamar Alexander: “This means, if the bill we hope the Senate approves today is signed into law, Congress will have increased funding for…”

On the recordAugust 22, 2018
This means, if the bill we hope the Senate approves today is signed into law, Congress will have increased funding for the National Institutes of Health by $9 billion since 2015, a 30 percent increase.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander discusses the projected increase in NIH funding if the current bill passes.

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